Parfait Bizoza
Bizoza with FC Ufa in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-03) 3 March 1999
Place of birth Burundi
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lyngby
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2014 Ravn
2015–2017 Aalesund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Herd 46 (15)
2019 Raufoss 27 (3)
2020–2021 Aalesund 23 (2)
2021 Ufa 9 (0)
2021–2023 Vendsyssel 38 (4)
2023– Lyngby 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:08, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Parfait Bizoza (born 3 March 1999) is a Burundian professional footballer who plays for Danish Superliga club Lyngby Boldklub.

Club career

Bizoza was born in a refugee camp, and came to Norway at the age of 4.[1][2]

Growing up in Skodje, he started playing for IL Ravn as a child. He was a junior player for Aalesunds FK from 2015 to 2017, leaving to pursue a senior career in local SK Herd. He was picked up by newly promoted second-tier club Raufoss IL in 2019,[3] and after impressing there he was deemed good enough for Aalesund.[4] He made his debut for Aalesund in July 2020 against Mjøndalen.[3]

On 19 February 2021, he signed a 3.5-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Ufa.[5] He made his league debut for FC Ufa on 7 March 2021 in the away game against FC Ural Yekaterinburg, where he was sent-off just 14 minutes after start.

On 28 August 2021, Ufa announced his transfer to Vendsyssel FF in Denmark.[6] On transfer deadline day, 31 January 2023, Bizoza joined Danish Superliga club Lyngby Boldklub on a deal until June 2025.[7]

International career

In late 2019, while a Norwegian citizen, Bizoza was called up to the Burundi national football team,[8] but remained uncapped.

References

  1. ↑ Duesund, Tommy (6 August 2021). "Denne sunnmøringen er Norges ukjente Russland-proff". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Befring, Knut (6 October 2019). "Rømte fra krigen i Burundi – «hjem» som landslagsspiller". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  3. 1 2 Parfait Bizoza at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ↑ Befring, Knut (3 March 2020). "Bizoza fikk kontrakt med Aalesund". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). p. 25.
  5. ↑ "Парфе Бизоза, добро пожаловать в ФК "Уфа"!" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 19 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Удачи, Парфе!" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 28 August 2021.
  7. ↑ Lyngby henter Parfait Bizoza i Vendsyssel, lyngby-boldklub.dk, 31 January 2023
  8. ↑ "Parfait skal spille for Burundi" (in Norwegian). Raufoss IL. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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